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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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9e9c89e6
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9e9c89e6
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Apr 02, 1998
by
Fred Drake
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Some nits.
Fixed quoting in third paragraph of the findmatch() description.
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@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@ as mail readers and Web browsers react to files with different MIME
types. (The name ``mailcap'' is derived from the phrase ``mail
capability''.) For example, a mailcap file might contain a line like
\samp
{
video/mpeg; xmpeg
\%
s
}
. Then, if the user encounters an email
message or Web document with the MIME type video/mpeg,
\code
{
\%
s
}
will be
replaced by a filename (usually one belonging to a temporary file) and
the xmpeg program can be automatically started to view the file.
message or Web document with the MIME type
\mimetype
{
video/mpeg
}
,
\samp
{
\%
s
}
will be replaced by a filename (usually one belonging to a
temporary file) and the
\program
{
xmpeg
}
program can be automatically
started to view the file.
The mailcap format is documented in
\rfc
{
1524
}
, ``A User Agent
Configuration Mechanism For Multimedia Mail Format Information,'' but
is not an Internet standard. However, mailcap files are supported on
most
\UNIX
{}
systems.
\begin{funcdesc}
{
findmatch
}{
caps, MIMEtype, key, filename, plist
}
\begin{funcdesc}
{
findmatch
}{
caps, MIMEtype
%
\optional
{
, key
\optional
{
,
filename
\optional
{
, plist
}}}}
Return a 2-tuple; the first element is a string containing the command
line to be executed
(which can be passed to
\code
{
os.system()
}
), and the second element is
...
...
@@ -32,9 +35,9 @@ wanted to create a new body of the given MIME type or alter the
existing body data. See
\rfc
{
1524
}
for a complete list of these
fields.
\var
{
filename
}
is the filename to be substituted for
\
%
s
in the
\var
{
filename
}
is the filename to be substituted for
\
samp
{
\%
s
}
in the
command line; the default value is
\
file
{
/dev/null
}
which is almost certainly not what you want, so
\
code
{
'/dev/null'
}
which is almost certainly not what you want, so
usually you'll override it by specifying a filename.
\var
{
plist
}
can be a list containing named parameters; the default
...
...
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ string containing the parameter name, an equals sign (\code{=}), and the
parameter's value. Mailcap entries can contain
named parameters like
\code
{
\%\{
foo
\}
}
, which will be replaced by the
value of the parameter named 'foo'. For example, if the command line
\samp
{
showpartial
\%\{
id
\}
\%\{
number
\}
\%\{
total
\}
}
\samp
{
showpartial
\%\{
id
\}
\ \%\{
number
\}\
\%\{
total
\}
}
was in a mailcap file, and
\var
{
plist
}
was set to
\code
{
['id=1',
'number=2', 'total=3']
}
, the resulting command line would be
\code
{
"showpartial 1 2 3"
}
.
...
...
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...
...
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@ as mail readers and Web browsers react to files with different MIME
types. (The name ``mailcap'' is derived from the phrase ``mail
capability''.) For example, a mailcap file might contain a line like
\samp
{
video/mpeg; xmpeg
\%
s
}
. Then, if the user encounters an email
message or Web document with the MIME type video/mpeg,
\code
{
\%
s
}
will be
replaced by a filename (usually one belonging to a temporary file) and
the xmpeg program can be automatically started to view the file.
message or Web document with the MIME type
\mimetype
{
video/mpeg
}
,
\samp
{
\%
s
}
will be replaced by a filename (usually one belonging to a
temporary file) and the
\program
{
xmpeg
}
program can be automatically
started to view the file.
The mailcap format is documented in
\rfc
{
1524
}
, ``A User Agent
Configuration Mechanism For Multimedia Mail Format Information,'' but
is not an Internet standard. However, mailcap files are supported on
most
\UNIX
{}
systems.
\begin{funcdesc}
{
findmatch
}{
caps, MIMEtype, key, filename, plist
}
\begin{funcdesc}
{
findmatch
}{
caps, MIMEtype
%
\optional
{
, key
\optional
{
,
filename
\optional
{
, plist
}}}}
Return a 2-tuple; the first element is a string containing the command
line to be executed
(which can be passed to
\code
{
os.system()
}
), and the second element is
...
...
@@ -32,9 +35,9 @@ wanted to create a new body of the given MIME type or alter the
existing body data. See
\rfc
{
1524
}
for a complete list of these
fields.
\var
{
filename
}
is the filename to be substituted for
\
%
s
in the
\var
{
filename
}
is the filename to be substituted for
\
samp
{
\%
s
}
in the
command line; the default value is
\
file
{
/dev/null
}
which is almost certainly not what you want, so
\
code
{
'/dev/null'
}
which is almost certainly not what you want, so
usually you'll override it by specifying a filename.
\var
{
plist
}
can be a list containing named parameters; the default
...
...
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ string containing the parameter name, an equals sign (\code{=}), and the
parameter's value. Mailcap entries can contain
named parameters like
\code
{
\%\{
foo
\}
}
, which will be replaced by the
value of the parameter named 'foo'. For example, if the command line
\samp
{
showpartial
\%\{
id
\}
\%\{
number
\}
\%\{
total
\}
}
\samp
{
showpartial
\%\{
id
\}
\ \%\{
number
\}\
\%\{
total
\}
}
was in a mailcap file, and
\var
{
plist
}
was set to
\code
{
['id=1',
'number=2', 'total=3']
}
, the resulting command line would be
\code
{
"showpartial 1 2 3"
}
.
...
...
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